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TENANTS OF AN OLD FARM. 



from tlie uut-like 

 seeds, just as a cat 

 does milk, and licked 

 off the starchy 

 grains, as I have 

 seen children lick a 

 candy-stick. Thus 

 was added the last 

 link to the chain of 

 proof that our 

 Texas Agricultural 

 are real harvesting- 

 ants. 



" These are not 

 the only harvesters. It was not hard to discover that 

 two species with the same habit live in the Holy Land, 

 where Solomon dwelt and wrote, and also in coun- 

 tries where Homer andVirgil lived, who also had told 

 about the harvesting-ants. You may be very sure, 



^"^ ^vUV ' I Au \ u .> ^ I . ^-- -J/ 11/ 



FIG. 112. — INTERIOR PLAN OF STORE- 

 ROOMS AND GALLERIES. 



FIG. 113.— Ul'LN UJiAXAiiy or UAUVESTING-ANT. 



